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Old 10th Jan 2011, 19:10
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davejb
 
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To be fair,
some of the bad reputations reflect use beyond the shelf life - the Fairey Battle replaced the Hind and Hart biplanes, for example, and whilst the RAF found losses unexpectedly high flying the Battle in 1940, I suspect the crews were still better off than in a Hawker Hind. The B.E.2 (many variants) was probably a decent plane in 1912, but it was still in use years later when it was hopelessly outclassed.

So, I'm going to vote for the Meteor - which doesn't deserve it, really, probably - as so many pilots were killed by it.

Dave
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